Basic Steps Toward Becoming a Good Political Organizer by James Forman, February 1967

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Title: Basic Steps Toward Becoming a Good Political Organizer by James Forman, February 1967
Author: Forman, James
Creator: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Date: 1967-02
Decade: 1960-1969
Description: A paper written by James Forman, an Organizational Secretary. Forman divides the paper into four sections: "Toward a Definition of power for Us, the Powerless", "The Political Organizer is a Leader", "Three Qualities of a good organizer", and "Seven Steps a political organizer must take if he is to be effective". Forman illustrates the fundamental qualities of what he believes to be a leader and organizer of a political movement. He mentions that a good organizer is a well-rounded individual that demonstrates effectiveness and awareness of situations. Forman uses this paper for an SNCC workshop. 13 pages.
Subject: African Americans--Civil rights
African American student movements
Groups and organizations
African American students
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: archival materialss
Collection: Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:078
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Geographic Location: Georgia--Atlanta
Series: Mary Ann Smith Wilson
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.078:0401
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